Most selective colleges based on SATs

College Search & Selection
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<p>from IPEDS 2007</p>

<p>California Institute of Technology 1470 1580
Harvey Mudd College 1430 1560
Harvard University 1400 1590
Yale University 1390 1580
Princeton University 1390 1580
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1380 1560
Pomona College 1380 1530
Washington University in St Louis 1370 1530
Dartmouth College 1350 1550
Swarthmore College 1360 1540
Stanford University 1340 1550
Columbia University in the City of New York 1330 1540
Duke University 1330 1540
Cornell - Arts & Sci and Engineering 1335 1525
Amherst College 1330 1530
Brown University 1330 1530
University of Chicago 1320 1530
University of Pennsylvania 1330 1520
Williams College 1320 1520
Tufts University 1340 1490
Northwestern University 1320 1500
Rice University 1310 1510
University of Notre Dame 1300 1510
Claremont McKenna College 1300 1500
Carleton College 1310 1490
Cornell University 1290 1500
Georgetown University 1300 1490
Wellesley College 1300 1480
Reed College 1310 1470
Carnegie Mellon University 1290 1490
Haverford College 1290 1490
Vanderbilt University 1300 1480
Wesleyan University 1290 1480
Emory University 1300 1470
Bowdoin College 1300 1470
Johns Hopkins University 1280 1490
Washington and Lee University 1310 1460
Vassar College 1300 1450
Middlebury College 1270 1480
University of Southern California 1270 1460
Scripps College 1280 1440
Colby College 1280 1440
Brandeis University 1260 1460</p>

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<p>These are outdated; the new ones are already available on US News and collegeboard.com.</p>

<p>Is "Cornell - Arts & Sci and Engineering 1335 1525" from IPED?</p>

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<p>Sam -- does the current data (by this I assume you mean one year later) change any of the rank positions?</p>

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<p>Sam, these are 2007-08 numbers. I don't think newer numbers are available yet. The Cornell A&S/Eng was from the Cornell website.</p>

<p>Here are more:</p>

<p>Grinnell College 1250 1460
Oberlin College 1250 1460
Davidson College 1270 1436
Barnard College 1260 1440
College of William and Mary 1250 1450
Macalester College 1250 1440
Colgate University 1250 1430
Boston College 1240 1430
New York University 1240 1430
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1250 1420
Whitman College 1240 1430
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 1240 1420
Wheaton College 1240 1420
Kenyon College 1240 1420
University of California-Berkeley 1200 1450
Connecticut College 1230 1420
University of Rochester 1230 1420
Wake Forest University 1240 1410
New College of Florida 1230 1420
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 1220 1420
Bucknell University 1230 1400
Lehigh University 1280 1350
Colorado College 1230 1390
Kalamazoo College 1200 1420
St. Olaf College 1200 1420
Bryn Mawr College 1200 1420
University of Virginia-Main Campus 1200 1420
Case Western Reserve University 1200 1410
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1190 1410
Thomas Aquinas College 1198 1393
Trinity College 1210 1380
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1200 1390
Beloit College 1210 1380
University of California-Los Angeles 1180 1400
Occidental College 1190 1390
Gettysburg College 1220 1360
University of Richmond 1193 1378
George Washington University 1190 1380
Knox College 1190 1380
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1190 1380
Lafayette College 1180 1390
Tulane University of Louisiana 1190 1370
Dickinson College 1190 1370
Furman University 1180 1380
University of Miami 1180 1370
University of Maryland-College Park 1170 1380
Boston University 1180 1370
University of Wisconsin-Madison 1160 1380
American University 1170 1360
Smith College 1150 1380
Stevens Institute of Technology 1170 1360</p>

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<p>next group</p>

<p>SUNY at Binghamton 1180 1340
Denison University 1160 1360
Rhodes College 1160 1360
Skidmore College 1160 1350
University of California-San Diego 1140 1360
University of Florida 1140 1360
Illinois Wesleyan University 1130 1370
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 1120 1380
Centre College 1140 1340
Hendrix College 1120 1350
Pitzer College 1140 1330
Willamette University 1120 1350
Southwestern University 1130 1340
Brigham Young University 1120 1350
University of Puget Sound 1120 1350
Pepperdine University 1110 1350
Earlham College 1120 1340
St Mary's College of Maryland 1120 1340
Fordham University 1130 1330
Yeshiva University 1100 1360
Ohio State University-Main Campus 1130 1330
Sewanee: The University of the South 1130 1330
Southern Methodist University 1130 1330
University of Georgia 1130 1320
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 1130 1320
Austin College 1120 1330
Bennington College 1120 1330
Syracuse University 1110 1330
The University of Texas at Austin 1090 1350
Ursinus College 1110 1320
Clemson University 1120 1310
Allegheny College 1115 1310
The College of Wooster 1090 1330
Muhlenberg College 1110 1310
Baylor University 1110 1310
Millsaps College 1090 1320
Miami University-Oxford 1110 1300
Clark University 1096 1310
Saint Louis University-Main Campus 1080 1320
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1100 1300</p>

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<p>Are these admits or enrolled?</p>

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<p>These are enrolled freshman fall 2007.</p>

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<p>
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The Cornell A&S/Eng was from the Cornell website.

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<p>Interesting. I wonder why they do it only for Cornell. It's not the only college that has schools other than A&S/Engg. WashU and Carnegie Mellon have schools of fine arts and business. Northwestern has schools of journalism, education, communications, and music. </p>

<p>DunninLA,</p>

<p>I think most stay the same but a few had significant jump. Northwestern's range is now 1350-1520.</p>

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<p>Sam,
If you know the SATs for A&S and Engineering at Northwestern, you should post it. I think prospective students would find it helpful in determining reach/match/safety.</p>

<p>The Cornell A&S and Eng data was from the Cornell website, not IPEDS. Did you misread?</p>

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<p>Oooops, I misread. Can you post the URL for that Cornell webpage?</p>

<p>Northwestern doesn't give the range for different schools. They only have averages.</p>

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<p>Cornell webpages:
<a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000176.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000176.pdf&lt;/a>
<a href="http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000177.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000177.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Thanks! The difference is fairly significant among different colleges. </p>

<p>Anyawy, instead of taking the mid-point, I think you should to take the weighted average because A&S is bigger than Engg. I got 1331-1524.</p>

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<p>^ chem e nerd with nuthin' better to do.....:rolleyes: ;)</p>

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<p>^lol...speak for yourself?</p>

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<p>^ Hehe...killing some lunchtime at my desk. So, yeah, I place myself in that category.</p>

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<p>next group</p>

<p>University of Washington-Seattle Campus 1080 1320
University of Iowa 1070 1320
Wofford College 1090 1300
University of Connecticut 1090 1290
DePauw University 1070 1310
Iowa State University 1050 1330
Texas A & M University 1080 1300
Marquette University 1090 1290
University of California-Irvine 1080 1290
Hope College 1070 1300
University of Missouri-Columbia 1070 1300
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 1070 1300
Ohio Wesleyan University 1070 1300
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 1080 1280
University of Denver 1070 1280
Juniata College 1070 1280
Wabash College 1056 1290
Birmingham Southern College 1050 1290
University of California-Santa Barbara 1050 1290
University of Colorado at Boulder 1060 1280
University of Delaware 1060 1280
Agnes Scott College 1050 1290
Goucher College 1050 1290
College of Saint Benedict 1045 1290
The University of Tennessee 1050 1270
University of California-Davis 1030 1280
Drew University 1030 1280
Hanover College 1030 1260
Indiana University-Bloomington 1030 1260
Albion College 1030 1260
Purdue University-Main Campus 1020 1270
University of California-Santa Cruz 1020 1260
Presbyterian College 1030 1250
Principia College 1000 1270
Michigan State University 1000 1270</p>

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<p>a few more ranked by SAT</p>

<p>Saint Johns University 990 1280
Auburn University Main Campus 1020 1240
Mills College 1010 1250
Virginia Military Institute 1030 1230
Wells College 1010 1230
Hollins University 990 1230
Sweet Briar College 990 1210
Randolph-Macon College 990 1170
Spelman College 980 1160
University of California-Riverside 910 1170</p>

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<p>top masters schools (Carnegie Classification) by SAT</p>

<p>SUNY at Geneseo 1250 1390
Trinity University 1210 1380
Villanova University 1190 1380
Bentley College 1150 1310
Emerson College 1140 1330
The College of New Jersey 1140 1330
Truman State University 1130 1360
Elon University 1130 1310
College of Charleston 1130 1300
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology 1120 1340
Loyola College in Maryland 1120 1310
Santa Clara University 1110 1320
Whitworth University 1110 1300
Chapman University 1105 1334</p>

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<p>Most selective schools in California based on SAT scores</p>

<p>California Institute of Technology 1470 1580
Harvey Mudd College 1430 1560
Pomona College 1380 1530
Stanford University 1340 1550
Claremont McKenna College 1300 1500
Scripps College 1280 1440
University of Southern California 1270 1460
University of California-Berkeley 1200 1450
Thomas Aquinas College 1198 1393
Occidental College 1190 1390
University of California-Los Angeles 1180 1400
University of California-San Diego 1140 1360
Pitzer College 1140 1330
Pepperdine University 1110 1350
Santa Clara University 1110 1320
Westmont College 1110 1300
Chapman University 1105 1334
Hope International University 1090 1110
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo 1080 1290
University of California-Irvine 1080 1290
University of San Diego 1080 1280
University of the Pacific 1053 1300
University of California-Santa Barbara 1050 1290
Loyola Marymount University 1050 1260
University of Redlands 1040 1240
Soka University of America 1030 1420
University of California-Davis 1030 1280
University of California-Santa Cruz 1020 1260
University of San Francisco 1012 1230
Mills College 1010 1250
Point Loma Nazarene University 1010 1240
The Master's College and Seminary 1000 1270
Biola University 990 1240
California Lutheran University 980 1210
William Jessup University 960 1200
Azusa Pacific University 960 1180
Saint Marys College of California 960 1180
Whittier College 955 1190
California Maritime Academy 955 1150
American Jewish University 952 1263
San Francisco Art Institute 940 1220
San Diego State University 940 1160
University of California-Merced 920 1180
Sonoma State University 920 1120
University of California-Riverside 910 1170
Humboldt State University 910 1150
California State University-Chico 910 1140
Pacific Union College 900 1150
Concordia University 900 1140
California State University-Long Beach 900 1130
University of La Verne 900 1110
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 890 1140
Otis College of Art and Design 890 1130
Simpson University 890 1130
California Baptist University 890 1100
Dominican University of California 890 1100
San Francisco State University 880 1120
San Jose State University 880 1110
California State University-Channel Islands 880 1100
Holy Names University 880 1065
California State University-Fullerton 870 1090
California State University-San Marcos 870 1070
Notre Dame de Namur University 870 1060
Fresno Pacific University 860 1140
Vanguard University of Southern California 860 1100
Life Pacific College 850 1120
La Sierra University 850 1090
California State University-Monterey Bay 840 1110
Bethany University 840 1080
California State University-Sacramento 840 1080
Woodbury University 830 1080
Menlo College 830 1070
Mount St Mary's College 820 1020</p>

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<p>selective schools in New York State</p>

<p>Cornell University Arts & Sci and Engineering 1335 1525
Columbia University in the City of New York 1330 1540
Vassar College 1300 1450
Cornell University 1290 1500
Jewish Theological Seminary of America 1280 1420
Barnard College 1260 1440
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 1250 1470
Colgate University 1250 1430
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1250 1420
SUNY at Geneseo 1250 1390
New York University 1240 1430
University of Rochester 1230 1420
SUNY at Binghamton 1180 1340
Skidmore College 1160 1350
Fordham University 1130 1330
Syracuse University 1110 1330
United States Military Academy 1100 1360
Yeshiva University 1100 1360
Albany College of Pharmacy 1100 1290
Rochester Institute of Technology 1090 1300
Iona College 1080 1300
Stony Brook University 1080 1280
Hofstra University 1080 1250
Wagner College 1070 1290
Clarkson University 1070 1270
Ithaca College 1070 1260
Marist College 1060 1250
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 1060 1170
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry 1050 1230
Russell Sage College 1050 1180
Polytechnic University 1040 1260
SUNY at Buffalo 1040 1260
SUNY College at New Paltz 1040 1210
Pratt Institute-Main 1030 1240
SUNY College at Oswego 1030 1170
Manhattan College 1020 1220
Siena College 1020 1210
Elmira College 1010 1250
Wells College 1010 1230
SUNY at Fredonia 1010 1190
Houghton College 1000 1260
Canisius College 1000 1200
SUNY at Albany 1000 1190
SUNY College at Oneonta 1000 1160
The New School 990 1240
Alfred University 990 1230
Manhattanville College 990 1220
Hartwick College 990 1195
SUNY College at Purchase 980 1200
CUNY Hunter College 980 1180
SUNY College at Brockport 980 1180
Saint John Fisher College 980 1170
SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome 980 1170
SUNY College at Cortland 980 1130
Le Moyne College 970 1190
Adelphi University 970 1170
Pace University-New York 970 1170
Saint Josephs College-Suffolk Campus 970 1130
Marymount Manhattan College 960 1160
SUNY Maritime College 950 1260
St. John's University-New York 950 1190
Niagara University 950 1160
SUNY-Potsdam 950 1160
SUNY College at Plattsburgh 950 1150
The College of Saint Rose 940 1160
CUNY Brooklyn College 940 1140
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill 940 1140
Sage College of Albany 940 1040
Roberts Wesleyan College 920 1180
School of Visual Arts 920 1160
CUNY Queens College 920 1130
Daemen College 920 1120
Molloy College 910 1165
Saint Bonaventure University 910 1150
Mount Saint Mary College 910 1090
The College of New Rochelle 910 1040
D'Youville College 900 1100
SUNY College at Buffalo 890 1070
SUNY College at Old Westbury 890 1040
New York Institute of Technology-Old Westbury 880 1130
Farmingdale State College 875 1078
Saint Josephs College-Main Campus 870 1090
CUNY College of Staten Island 870 1070
New York Institute of Technology-Manhattan Campus 860 1080
CUNY City College 850 1140
Utica College 850 1060
CUNY John Jay College Criminal Justice 850 1030
Medaille College 850 1030
SUNY College of Technology at Alfred 840 1070
Long Island University-C W Post Campus 840 1060
St Joseph's College of Nursing at St Joseph's Hospital Health Center 838 1090
Saint Thomas Aquinas College 830 1040
Five Towns College 830 1020</p>